87R12000 SRA-D
By: Lozano H.B. No. 3757
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a recommendation by the COVID-19 Expert Vaccine
Allocation Panel to prioritize public school employees in vaccine
allocation and distribution.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 161.007066 to read as follows:
Sec. 161.007066. COVID-19 EXPERT VACCINE ALLOCATION PANEL;
PRIORITIZATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. (a) The COVID-19
Expert Vaccine Allocation Panel convened to develop
recommendations for the allocation of COVID-19 vaccines for the
commissioner shall prioritize the allocation and distribution of
vaccines for public school employees.
(b) This section expires January 1, 2023.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.